[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : On its blog, TASER Inc. now offering “TASER Professional Services” to facilitate planning & implementation of TASER solutions particularly adoption of new AXON video cameras, i.e. this will strengthen the interdependence of police work and the corporate agenda. “With TASER, a law enforcement agency is our partner & its success is […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Marcus Brown, 26, of Waterbury died while in police custody May 1, 2011. He was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car, became combative and was tasered, then became unresponsive and was pronounced dead when he was transported to the hospital. The autopsy found the cause of death to be […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: Brazilian special police as robocops … This article was found on the taser.com website, so clearly gives a positive slant to the testing – not adoption – of the axon video technology by elite group of Military Police in Brasilia. The cameras have already been used in arresting kidnappers. They are expected […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The manufacturer tells investors via this press release that it is at the cutting edge of new technologies, and recognized in a documentary series – the Paladins [which focuses on businesses that “flourish in these trying economic times” see footnote in italics], clearly the product is a minor detail– as a difference-maker: […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: GlobalShock provides information on controversy. For those who want to see what TASER International provides as information about tasers, here’s where to go. A frequentluy updated site where police departments and many media resources go to « get the news ». The links can easily be found at the URL at the end. ]] […]
[[Summary / Comments : Another taser related death – following the use of a taser in a hospital ward. Jerry Nichols, 64, was a Vietnam War veteran who suffered from a lung condition called COPD and other medical complications. He died following an altercation with police this week. He became violent in the ER and […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : An upbeat blog-post from TASER International to “friends” in Australia and Brazil – in the latter country, TASER is hoping for major new contracts. We’ll emphasize the safety of our products & provide the enormous amount of independent research that’s been done to ensure confidence to our customers. The company boasts […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS. Fort Worth police are to get new X2 tasers that “that automatically shut off after a five-second discharge” – which is what we were told the X26 which they replace had done. “The main two points we were looking for was the automatic cut off at five seconds after being deployed, even […]
[[Summary / Comments : Winter Haven’s Adam Johnson died after repeated jolts from a Taser. Mr Johnson died because of the way Orlando police officers subdued him — including with repeated jolts from a Taser — on the sidewalk at Universal CityWalk, according to the recently released results of a 10-month inquiry into his death. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : An intrepid North Carolina columnist finds his call to ban police use of tasers “is a lonely one”. He is accused of using inappropriate statistics; told that to avoid tasering “don’t live a high risk life style”; he himself didn’t do the homework on the taser. TASER Inc.’s communications director joined […]
[[SUMMARY /COMMENTS: if this were not true, it would be hard to invent: TASER Inc. Reports one death saved every 30 minutes in its website. Currently (November 2011) at 79,000. The counter is moving rapidly: 48 per day, 336 a week, 1340 a month, 16,000 a year. This is embarrassingly good: TASER Inc. will be […]
[[ SUMMARY / COMMENTS On TASER Inc’s informal blog – run by the marketing dept – videos used to vindicate the police. But what about when the videos are NOT available to the public? “The Law enforcement has readily adopted in-car cameras or dash cams because they’ve seen police video benefits & benefits of video […]
[[ SUMMARY / COMMENTS : TASER Inc. press release. Texas, way ahead the “state execution state” moves ahead with tasers – X2 “dual-shot capability” – in University of Texas security – including the Cancer Unit and Health Sciences centre. See the claim in the press release: “Today, the use of a TASER ECDs have saved […]
[[ SUMMARY / COMMENTS : TASER Inc. recognizes Tasers need to take into account t6hat drug abuse and and stress can contribute to higher mortality rates. Tasers have been used more than 2.5 million times on people, about half in controlled training environments like the session that Sgt. Hickey attended earlier this week, and the […]
[[ Summary / Comments : The British “New scitists” reports on the tuner decision which found TASER Inc. responsible for not informing police officers of the danger os aiming at the heart. “John Burton, legal counsel for Turner’s parents, proclaimed the case would mark the beginning of the end for the energy weapon. “I […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS” Every few months, TASER Inc. holds “Earnings conference calls”, which seem to replace AGMs. These are upbeat events, often mentioning interesting developments. They are NOT official reports. After the reading of the “safe-harbor” clause,… (1) The X2 was developed, frankly, for a fraction of the cost that it took us to develop […]
[[ Summary / Comments : In a major decision against the corporation, Taser International has been asked to pay $10-million in damages to the family of Darryl Turner, a 17-year-old North Carolina boy who died after he was tasered by a police officer in 2008. The court ruled that the manufacturer created an unreasonable danger […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The TASER Inc. spin … A blog put out by TASER Inc. decries the association of tasers with deaths – this is part of the campaign organized by the corporatoion to clear its name. Attacking Amnesty International for “skimming” headlines, while the taser has onlt been mentioned as in any way […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : TASER blog complains of deceptive headlines – an increasing tendency. “if we disagree on symantics [sic], at this point, it’s premature to say if Mr. Hayes is a “TASER victim.” The autopsy hasn’t been concluded, no cause of death has been established and the investigation is on-going. TASER Inc.’s spokespeperson claims: […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : No surprise that TASER Inc. is appealing the verdict against TASER International in the $10-million case involving the death of Mr. Darryl Turner, a 17-year-old male involved in an altercation with law enforcement at a grocery store on March 20, 2008. TASER International has only received one other adverse jury verdict […]